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in the hospitals than in the middle of June, and there has been marked increase of sickness. At the end of June the 8th Regt. had scarcely 40 in hospital-something up under 6 per cent.; and on the 17th of July their numbers rose him. to 60, or nearly 9 per cent.: in the Artillery the numbers were UC1uuer, 10i)U. respectively 16 (about 10 per cent.) and 24 (about 15 per cent.) The majority of these were cases of fever. A case of heat apo. THE MEDICAL ACT AND MEDICAL TITLES plexy in the 8th Regt. proved fatal on the llth inst. after ten hours and a half. A few cases of dysentery have been treated IN SCOTLAND. ’ successfully by Dr. Yates, in the same regiment, with large To the Editor of THE LANCET. c doses of ipecacuanha. There was a little cholera amongst the native population SiB,—In a letter contained in the last number of THE LANf time ago, but no cases amongst Europeans. CET, signed " William Perkins," on the subject of dentists,some Extensive changes in the way of hospital and barrack accomnot qualified, assuming the title of "surgeon," independently of the startling deduction that the education which is necessarymodation are Aop6
vailing
on
the
to observe that Mr. Hallows, L.S.A., as a surgeon, because he made was the only evidence against I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ’1T T 1Z. D.
subject,
actually higher
prosecuted for practising For that a prescription !
was
.
_...".
effect
pictures, reflecting
legitimate practice
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Surgeon George Pears, M.D., has been appointed Directorof the Medical Department, Madras. Now, Sir, I would simply ask if a man ought not to be General of Madras Rifles has arrived within five miles severely called to account who so unblushingly contravenes the of A detachment law for public safety under the head of medical registration ? Nagode, but has been prevented from entering the place in I enclose my card and address. consequence of the epidemic prevailing amongst the men. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, They were attacked with cholera at Mirzepore. Dr. Webb, 46th Regiment at Kurrachee, on July 29th, passed MEDICUS, Edinburgh, Oct. 1859. medicine.
medical board for England. The -41-a d2-cts Athenœum hears from Rangoon, July 2nd, that dysentery seems to be on the increase. One cannot feel surprised at this, owing to our unsettled weather, and the perfect glut in the market of pine-apples. The small-pox has consi. derably abated amongst the Burmese population." A most flattering account of Dalhousie appears in the New Times. " The scarcity of and difficulty in readily procuring water was, I believe, the cause why this site was not finally on as a locality for European troops. The climate is most
a
INDIA. THE
following
news
has reached
us
down to the date of
August 15th: FUTTEHGURH, July 29th.-In common with most other stations, there has been, up to within the last few days, unprece-
dentedly hot
and
dry weather.
The thermometer has stood
(I fixed
salubrious; the inhabitants round about hardly know what sickness is; the height being that of Simla, and of easy access from Lahore, Umritsur, and Jellundur, a more suitable station could hardly have been determined on. It would yet be worth the while of the Punjab Government to appoint a committee to re-
An able paper was read by Dr. Berncastle, at a meeting of the Australian Medical Association, 0N THE TREATMENT OF DYSENTERY, from which we extract the following practical remarks :" I found in India that venesection and mercurials were consider’the advantage of this spot for a hill station. The value in the treatment of dysentery uncomplicated quite of the English soldier is too great to allow of his precious ex- with exploded any other visceral affection, sole dependence being placed the hot unless indeed the istence beingwasted during months, on leeches, followed by blisters, opiates, and ipecacuanha, comstate of the country demand a large force being kept down bined or alone. I have not much faith in ipecacuanha alone, " below. but have known many who depended on it. In Brazil, an has been the north-west coast Cholera very prevalent along infusion of two drachms of ipecacuanha in twelve ounces of of Ceylon ; but latterly the number of deaths from that disease boiling water is given every day in two orthree successive has much decreased. doses. It produces vomiting and abundant stools, and often The Kandy Friend-in-need Society, Ceylon, in asking aid for cures an attack in a few days. In the tropics I have confined their hospital, mention the following facts, which show an apto the treatment of acute and subacute dysenmyself principally palling amount of mortality :-" During the twelve months tery, the chronic form being best treated by a sea voyage, or the number of in-door patients has been 1571, 577 of whom removal to a cold climate on .past " if easily available. As it land, died." itself in a semi-tropical climate, of which Sydney may In "Notes on Ceylon," from the Madras Times, we find the presents be the type, I havegenerally found that rest, low diet, leech-, following remarks about the Sanitarium :-" Before leaving and mercury with chalk, four grains, Dover’s powder, Newera Ellia, the traveller should see the Depot or Sanitarium ing, every four or six hours, were sufficient to control for European troops. It consists of a barrack, hospital, and eight grains,the bowels having first been cleared out with castor attack, the some quarters for married men. It is capable of accommodating oil and laudanum. Seldom blisters or enemata have been reabout fifty-six soldiers, and appears sufficient for the demands if the case was seen early and attacked vigorously. I of the service. There is only one European regiment in the quired, not seen much relief from opium suppositories, but should island, and, generally speaking, the men are healthy. Dyseninclined to try belladonna in that form. Rice and arrowtery of a serious form is not uncommon amongst them ; but in- root, In the or gelatine, are the best articles of diet. flammatory affections of the liver, which are so common and chronicsago, form of dysentery I have often found half a grain of fatal in India, are not very prevalent in Ceylon." sulphate of copper and half a grain of opium, three times a Captain Haughton has accepted the appointment of superin- day, to be very useful." tendent of the Andaman Islands, lately resigned by Dr. ’, About the same period, a lecture on the " Adulteration of Walker. Food," &c., was delivered at the Balmain School of Arts, by Assistant-Surgeon Alexander had arrived at Vizagapatam. Mr. H. Waymouth, who illustrated his subject by apposite quoIt appears that there was much sickness at Jackatalia, one re- tations from Dr. Hassall’s work upon this subject. The editor giment having 200 sick and convalescents daily. of a colonial paper writes: " Mr. Waymouth’s exposure of the A correspondent, writing to the Bombay Gazette from Colaba, to which children in this colony are especially liable July 15th, states that cholera had broken out amongst the danger from the use of confectionery coloured with metallic poisons, natives, and soon spread to the Europeans. It was, however, was exceedingly important." then on the decrease at Bombay. The Sydney Herald, of the 5th of August last, is in a great The number of deaths on the island of Bombay from ten with a long paper on " Diphtheria," by Mr. W. part o’clock on Tuesday to the same hour on Wednesday forenoon of Bell, Campbeltown, who states at the conclusion, " In was fifty-four, of which thirty-nine were natural, thirteen from this paper I think I cannot do better than refer to terminating cholera, one from small-pox, and one from violence.-Bombay THE LANCET Report, for the propositions therein contained, Times, July 21st. way of summary." The same number contains a valuable We regret to announce the death of Assistant-Surgeon Kaye, by essay on the " Volcanic Formations of New Zealand," by Dr. Bombay establishment. Hochstetter. There is much sickness at Ahmednuggnr ; principal complaints, fever and cholera. There is also much sickness reigning at Jaulnah. Surgeon Mickleham had arrived at Bombay en route to join the 70th Regiment at Rawul Pindee. Surgeon Woodward, of the Staff, was at the same place, on his way to England on ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. - At the Comitia sick leave. held on the 19th inst., Majora, The Madras A t7te;2ceu??i states-" A handsome tea service DAVID MACLOUGHLIN, M.D., Bruton-street, was lately presented to Assistant-Surgeon Mason, in medical was admitted a member of the College under the temporary Mason Mr. was of the Lunatic Asylum. recently procharge Bye-Laws. moted to his present rank for long and meritorious service." At the last meeting of the Bombay Medical and Physical ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONs.-The following memSociety, a report was read " On the Health of the 25th Native bers of the College having been elected Fellows at previous Infantry during two years of activeservice with the Malwa meetings of the Council, were admitted as such on the 13th and Central India Field Forces." In the first year of the cam- instant :ANDREW, HENRY, Truro; diploma of membership dated May paign the regiment was 996 strong, and, owing to the excitement of war and constant marching, the average number on 15, 1839. the sick list was less than 20. When in quarters in Guzerat BENNETT, GEO., Sydney, New South Wales; March 7,1828. it was 35. There were 24 deaths during the year, of which 14 HAWKINS, JAMES, Newport, Monmouthshire; June 4,1838. were from cholera, and 6 from wounds. In the second year HAWTHORNE, ARTHUR NEVILLE, Eccleshall; June 17, 1840. there were only 13 deaths, of which 9 were due to actual conMARTIN, HENRY VicioR, Ealing; May 12, 1834. flict with the enemy. METCALFE, EDMUND, Delamere- crescent, Westbourne.terThe Vizagapatam Chronicle states that Government has rerace ; Oct. 1, 1841. solved to try the capabilities of the Galey Parvatum Hill as a VALLANCE, JAMES THOS., Stratford, Essex; June 3, 1842. Sanitarium, and that twenty European veterans and fifty WILDBORE, DANIEL PEACOCK, Old-street; May 3, 1816. WILLIAMS, WM., Oldbury, Worcestershire; Oct. 7, 1825. sappers are expected from Dowlaisheram.
have be
’
-
occupied
Medical News.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The
AUSTRALIA.
following particulars have been received, amongst other our correspondent at Sydney, the date of his communication being in July last :There had been a spirited debate during the preceding week on the question as to whether or not the use of tobacco is inTHE
news, from "
jurious. It was carried in the affirmative-i. e., that the of the weed is injurious.""
use
I
following gentlemen passed
their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, October 13th, 1859. CREAGH, WILLIAM, Ireland. DRURY, JûHN THOMAS COCKIN, Doncaster. ELLIOTT, CHARLES HENRY, York, Swan River, Western Australia. KING, EDWARD PE:"1DRILL, Chepstow, Monmouth. SANSOM, ARTHUR ERNEST, Corsham, Wilts.
SMITH, JOHN, Cosely. WICKHAM, WILLIAM, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
vailing
on
the
to observe that Mr. Hallows, L.S.A., as a surgeon, because he made was the only evidence against I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ’1T T 1Z. D.
subject,
actually higher
prosecuted for practising For that a prescription !
was
.
_...".
effect
pictures, reflecting
legitimate practice
upon
Surgeon George Pears, M.D., has been appointed Directorof the Medical Department, Madras. Now, Sir, I would simply ask if a man ought not to be General of Madras Rifles has arrived within five miles severely called to account who so unblushingly contravenes the of A detachment law for public safety under the head of medical registration ? Nagode, but has been prevented from entering the place in I enclose my card and address. consequence of the epidemic prevailing amongst the men. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, They were attacked with cholera at Mirzepore. Dr. Webb, 46th Regiment at Kurrachee, on July 29th, passed MEDICUS, Edinburgh, Oct. 1859. medicine.
medical board for England. The -41-a d2-cts Athenœum hears from Rangoon, July 2nd, that dysentery seems to be on the increase. One cannot feel surprised at this, owing to our unsettled weather, and the perfect glut in the market of pine-apples. The small-pox has consi. derably abated amongst the Burmese population." A most flattering account of Dalhousie appears in the New Times. " The scarcity of and difficulty in readily procuring water was, I believe, the cause why this site was not finally on as a locality for European troops. The climate is most
a
INDIA. THE
following
news
has reached
us
down to the date of
August 15th: FUTTEHGURH, July 29th.-In common with most other stations, there has been, up to within the last few days, unprece-
dentedly hot
and
dry weather.
The thermometer has stood
(I fixed
salubrious; the inhabitants round about hardly know what sickness is; the height being that of Simla, and of easy access from Lahore, Umritsur, and Jellundur, a more suitable station could hardly have been determined on. It would yet be worth the while of the Punjab Government to appoint a committee to re-
An able paper was read by Dr. Berncastle, at a meeting of the Australian Medical Association, 0N THE TREATMENT OF DYSENTERY, from which we extract the following practical remarks :" I found in India that venesection and mercurials were consider’the advantage of this spot for a hill station. The value in the treatment of dysentery uncomplicated quite of the English soldier is too great to allow of his precious ex- with exploded any other visceral affection, sole dependence being placed the hot unless indeed the istence beingwasted during months, on leeches, followed by blisters, opiates, and ipecacuanha, comstate of the country demand a large force being kept down bined or alone. I have not much faith in ipecacuanha alone, " below. but have known many who depended on it. In Brazil, an has been the north-west coast Cholera very prevalent along infusion of two drachms of ipecacuanha in twelve ounces of of Ceylon ; but latterly the number of deaths from that disease boiling water is given every day in two orthree successive has much decreased. doses. It produces vomiting and abundant stools, and often The Kandy Friend-in-need Society, Ceylon, in asking aid for cures an attack in a few days. In the tropics I have confined their hospital, mention the following facts, which show an apto the treatment of acute and subacute dysenmyself principally palling amount of mortality :-" During the twelve months tery, the chronic form being best treated by a sea voyage, or the number of in-door patients has been 1571, 577 of whom removal to a cold climate on .past " if easily available. As it land, died." itself in a semi-tropical climate, of which Sydney may In "Notes on Ceylon," from the Madras Times, we find the presents be the type, I havegenerally found that rest, low diet, leech-, following remarks about the Sanitarium :-" Before leaving and mercury with chalk, four grains, Dover’s powder, Newera Ellia, the traveller should see the Depot or Sanitarium ing, every four or six hours, were sufficient to control for European troops. It consists of a barrack, hospital, and eight grains,the bowels having first been cleared out with castor attack, the some quarters for married men. It is capable of accommodating oil and laudanum. Seldom blisters or enemata have been reabout fifty-six soldiers, and appears sufficient for the demands if the case was seen early and attacked vigorously. I of the service. There is only one European regiment in the quired, not seen much relief from opium suppositories, but should island, and, generally speaking, the men are healthy. Dyseninclined to try belladonna in that form. Rice and arrowtery of a serious form is not uncommon amongst them ; but in- root, In the or gelatine, are the best articles of diet. flammatory affections of the liver, which are so common and chronicsago, form of dysentery I have often found half a grain of fatal in India, are not very prevalent in Ceylon." sulphate of copper and half a grain of opium, three times a Captain Haughton has accepted the appointment of superin- day, to be very useful." tendent of the Andaman Islands, lately resigned by Dr. ’, About the same period, a lecture on the " Adulteration of Walker. Food," &c., was delivered at the Balmain School of Arts, by Assistant-Surgeon Alexander had arrived at Vizagapatam. Mr. H. Waymouth, who illustrated his subject by apposite quoIt appears that there was much sickness at Jackatalia, one re- tations from Dr. Hassall’s work upon this subject. The editor giment having 200 sick and convalescents daily. of a colonial paper writes: " Mr. Waymouth’s exposure of the A correspondent, writing to the Bombay Gazette from Colaba, to which children in this colony are especially liable July 15th, states that cholera had broken out amongst the danger from the use of confectionery coloured with metallic poisons, natives, and soon spread to the Europeans. It was, however, was exceedingly important." then on the decrease at Bombay. The Sydney Herald, of the 5th of August last, is in a great The number of deaths on the island of Bombay from ten with a long paper on " Diphtheria," by Mr. W. part o’clock on Tuesday to the same hour on Wednesday forenoon of Bell, Campbeltown, who states at the conclusion, " In was fifty-four, of which thirty-nine were natural, thirteen from this paper I think I cannot do better than refer to terminating cholera, one from small-pox, and one from violence.-Bombay THE LANCET Report, for the propositions therein contained, Times, July 21st. way of summary." The same number contains a valuable We regret to announce the death of Assistant-Surgeon Kaye, by essay on the " Volcanic Formations of New Zealand," by Dr. Bombay establishment. Hochstetter. There is much sickness at Ahmednuggnr ; principal complaints, fever and cholera. There is also much sickness reigning at Jaulnah. Surgeon Mickleham had arrived at Bombay en route to join the 70th Regiment at Rawul Pindee. Surgeon Woodward, of the Staff, was at the same place, on his way to England on ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. - At the Comitia sick leave. held on the 19th inst., Majora, The Madras A t7te;2ceu??i states-" A handsome tea service DAVID MACLOUGHLIN, M.D., Bruton-street, was lately presented to Assistant-Surgeon Mason, in medical was admitted a member of the College under the temporary Mason Mr. was of the Lunatic Asylum. recently procharge Bye-Laws. moted to his present rank for long and meritorious service." At the last meeting of the Bombay Medical and Physical ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONs.-The following memSociety, a report was read " On the Health of the 25th Native bers of the College having been elected Fellows at previous Infantry during two years of activeservice with the Malwa meetings of the Council, were admitted as such on the 13th and Central India Field Forces." In the first year of the cam- instant :ANDREW, HENRY, Truro; diploma of membership dated May paign the regiment was 996 strong, and, owing to the excitement of war and constant marching, the average number on 15, 1839. the sick list was less than 20. When in quarters in Guzerat BENNETT, GEO., Sydney, New South Wales; March 7,1828. it was 35. There were 24 deaths during the year, of which 14 HAWKINS, JAMES, Newport, Monmouthshire; June 4,1838. were from cholera, and 6 from wounds. In the second year HAWTHORNE, ARTHUR NEVILLE, Eccleshall; June 17, 1840. there were only 13 deaths, of which 9 were due to actual conMARTIN, HENRY VicioR, Ealing; May 12, 1834. flict with the enemy. METCALFE, EDMUND, Delamere- crescent, Westbourne.terThe Vizagapatam Chronicle states that Government has rerace ; Oct. 1, 1841. solved to try the capabilities of the Galey Parvatum Hill as a VALLANCE, JAMES THOS., Stratford, Essex; June 3, 1842. Sanitarium, and that twenty European veterans and fifty WILDBORE, DANIEL PEACOCK, Old-street; May 3, 1816. WILLIAMS, WM., Oldbury, Worcestershire; Oct. 7, 1825. sappers are expected from Dowlaisheram.
have be
’
-
occupied
Medical News.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The
AUSTRALIA.
following particulars have been received, amongst other our correspondent at Sydney, the date of his communication being in July last :There had been a spirited debate during the preceding week on the question as to whether or not the use of tobacco is inTHE
news, from "
jurious. It was carried in the affirmative-i. e., that the of the weed is injurious.""
use
I
following gentlemen passed
their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, October 13th, 1859. CREAGH, WILLIAM, Ireland. DRURY, JûHN THOMAS COCKIN, Doncaster. ELLIOTT, CHARLES HENRY, York, Swan River, Western Australia. KING, EDWARD PE:"1DRILL, Chepstow, Monmouth. SANSOM, ARTHUR ERNEST, Corsham, Wilts.
SMITH, JOHN, Cosely. WICKHAM, WILLIAM, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.